Acridoidea
Acridoidea is the largest superfamily of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera with species found on every continent except Antarctica.[2]
| Acridoidea | |
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| Miramella alpina | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Infraorder: | Acrididea |
| Informal group: | Acridomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Acridoidea MacLeay, 1821[1] |
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Classification
Orthoptera Species File includes the following families:[2]
- Acrididae MacLeay, 1821
- Dericorythidae Jacobson & Bianchi, 1905
- Lathiceridae Dirsh, 1954
- Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956
- Lithidiidae Dirsh, 1961
- Ommexechidae Bolívar, 1884
- Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840
- Pamphagodidae Bolívar, 1884
- Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 1974
- Romaleidae Pictet & Saussure, 1887
- Tristiridae Rehn, 1906
References
- MacLeay WS (1821) Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals (from www.biodiversitylibrary.org originally as "Acridina").
- Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1821". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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